Nampula, Mozambique climate

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Nampula has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry winter), Köppen Aw). The hottest month is December with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 17°C at night. Precipitation totals about 992 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 303 mm while September barely receives 3 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 17°C.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 992 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Nampula climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	28	31	33	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	27	26	26	25	23	22	21	23	24	26	27	27
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	21	19	17	17	17	18	20	21	22
Precipitation (mm)	303	215	142	68	12	9	17	19	3	11	36	155

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	30	29	28	27
Avg temp (°C)	27	26	26	25	23	22
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	21	19	17
Precipitation (mm)	303	215	142	68	12	9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	26	28	31	33	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	21	23	24	26	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	18	20	21	22
Precipitation (mm)	17	19	3	11	36	155

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	78	74	64	48	40	45	48	44	36	41	52	65
Relative humidity (%)	85	87	87	86	83	81	78	72	65	60	60	73
Wind speed (km/h)	6.8	6.3	6.2	6.8	6.7	7.1	7.8	8.2	9.9	11.1	10.6	7.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	78	74	64	48	40	45
Relative humidity (%)	85	87	87	86	83	81
Wind speed (km/h)	6.8	6.3	6.2	6.8	6.7	7.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	48	44	36	41	52	65
Relative humidity (%)	78	72	65	60	60	73
Wind speed (km/h)	7.8	8.2	9.9	11.1	10.6	7.5

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 25 years of daily observations at Nampula, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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